A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Banana Yoshimoto

Fuku Eri

Haruki Murakami

Kazuo Ishiguro
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
A ghost

Kazuo

An unnamed narrator

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
1982

2001

1945

1999
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?
Japan

Canada

United States

China
5 Near what major city does the action of "A Family Supper" take place?
New York

Toronto

Beijing

Tokyo
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?
Present tense

Past tense

Pluperfect

Future tense
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?
Novel

Play

Animated film

Short story
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Science fiction

Children's Literature

Literary fiction

Nonfiction essay
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Tuna

Pufferfish

Eel

Salmon
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
His mother died from eating it

It's his favorite food

His father died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its gills

Its eyes

Its stomach

Its sexual glands
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?
They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They die at the table

They become bed-bound for a year
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
California

Tokyo

London

Toronto
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
France

Germany

Canada

Japan
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Drinking glass

Type of fish

Woven floor mat

Variety of Japanese tea
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?
Mao Zedong

Prime Minister Abe

Chou En-lai

Deng Xiaoping
17 Why did Father retire from working?
The government forced him into retirement

His firm collapsed

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

He sold his business
18 Who is Watanabe?
Father's business partner

Mother's brother

The narrator's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
It was an accident

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

He had cheated on his wife

He had cheated on Kikuko
20 What does Kikuko do?
She is a university student

She is a maid

She is a doctor

She is a chef
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Osaka

Kamakura

Toronto

Tokyo
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Synonym for lawn

Covered patio

Zen rock garden

Japanese pond
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?
Drinking

Smoking

Spitting

Chewing gum
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?
Suichi

Kazumi

Kobe

Watanabe
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?
Jumping in a well

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Moving home with her father

Finding her mother's killer

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